Man pulls gun on 11 National Guardsmen delivering COVID-19 vaccine in West Texas – By Dan Carson (Houston Chronicle) / Mar 23 2021
A group of National Guardsmen are safe after a dangerous encounter with an armed man on a highway in West Texas, according to KCBD Staff and WAFB9.
Larry Harris of Arizona was arrested Monday after allegedly following a caravan of National Guardsmen en route to Matador, Texas to deliver a shipment of COVID-19 vaccines. Harris is accused of cutting their vehicles off and pulling a loaded gun on the unarmed officers.
Per WAFB9, three vehicles carrying 11 National Guardsmen were traveling along Highway 68/82 outside Lubbock, Texas, when Harris is said to have attempted to force their vans from the road.
According to police, Harris veered into oncoming traffic and forced the vans to stop. He then allegedly pointed his gun—a loaded Colt 1911 pistol with .45 caliber bullets—at the unarmed guardsmen and told them he was a detective. Harris later told officers he had followed the Guardsmen—who were in full uniform—from a Love’s Travel Station in Lubbock because he believed they had kidnapped a woman and child.
